Access Restriction Bypass Affecting flac package, versions <1.2.1-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.54% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-FLAC-287512
  • published 7 Dec 2007
  • disclosed 7 Dec 2007

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 flac to version 1.2.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream flac package and not the flac package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) libFLAC before 1.2.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to force a client to download arbitrary files via the MIME-Type URL flag (-->) for the FLAC image file in a crafted .FLAC file.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

8.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High